Richardson v. City of Syracuse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Syracuse, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 18th day of October, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of .October, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The plaintiff is a married lady, about forty-two years of age, and was injured on the 28th day of November, 1897, by stepping through a hole in the sidewalk on South Beach street, in the city of Syracuse. South Beach street is one of the important streets, apparently, in that city. The walk upon which plaintiff was injured was made of planks running crosswise; it was about four feet in width, and the planks composing it about two inches in thickness. In March,' 1897, about eight months prior to the accident, the plank where this accident occurred had broken as a traveler upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Palmer v. . DearingNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Evans v. . City of UticaNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- McPherson v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
- Houston v. Town of WaverlySupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Easterbrook v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1924